A maqam of the Sikah family whose tonic is Sikah (E half-flat), and which is distinguished by ascending toward Nahawand on Nawa while keeping the first jins Sikah rather than Mustaar.

Shaar is a maqam of the Sikah family whose tonic is Sikah (E half-flat), and in the nearest practical formulation it consists of a lower Sikah jins with Nahawand on Nawa (G) above.

Shaar is a maqam of the Sikah family, and its tonic is Sikah (E half-flat). It is mentioned much less often in common references than Huzam and Mustaar, yet it appears in Arabic pedagogical material as a maqam in its own right among the Sikah branches. The nearest practical formulation suggests that it resembles Mustaar in the upper jins, but differs from it in the lower one: Mustaar begins with Jins Mustaar, whereas Shaar begins with Jins Sikah.

• Sikah (E half-flat): the tonic and main center of attraction
• Nawa (G): an important upper resting point, because it is the place of the Nahawand jins that gives the maqam its upper identity
• Jaharkah (F) and Husayni (A) may appear as passing or temporary resting tones, but the real weight remains between the tonic on Sikah and the upper jins on Nawa

• If the listener does not clearly hear Sikah (E half-flat) as the tonic, the maqam’s identity may blur into Mustaar or into other nearby Sikah-family branches
• If Nahawand on Nawa (G) does not become clear above, the character of Shaar may remain incomplete
• The maqam is not reducible to a mere scale, but is defined by the relationship between a lower Sikah jins and an upper Nahawand jins
• The decisive difference from Mustaar remains in the first jins: if the opening is Mustaar, the maqam is Mustaar; if the opening is Sikah, the maqam is Shaar

• Stabilize the tonic on Sikah (E half-flat)
• Ascend gradually until the Nahawand region on Nawa (G) becomes audible
• Bring out Nawa-Nahawand clearly so the maqam’s distinct profile appears
• Return to the tonic without losing the Sikah identity of the maqam

• The maqam closest to Shaar is Mustaar; both share Nahawand on Nawa (G) above, but Mustaar begins with Jins Mustaar, whereas Shaar begins with Jins Sikah
• Sikah is the broader original family, whereas Shaar is a more specific branch characterized by directing the upper region toward Nahawand on Nawa
• Huzam also belongs to the Sikah family, but is usually defined through Hijaz in the upper region rather than Nahawand on Nawa as in Shaar
• The scholarly caution here concerns not the existence of the maqam or its Sikah affiliation, but the relative weakness of strong academic documentation under this exact name when compared with more famous maqamat
• Within the material currently verified, the most plausible structure remains: Sikah below, Nahawand on Nawa (G) above